Nokia Lumia Icon, Black 32GB (Verizon Wireless)

Absolutely love this phone. Just wish there was a little more support for Windows phones. I have an Apple phone for work and the Icon runs circles around it. Apple and Android look and feel pretty much the same (wallpaper, icons on the screen, scrolls sideways, etc.) No two Windows phone looks the same because of the customization feature i.e. live tiles, ability to choose the size of each tile, colors, wallpaper in the background, etc. Cortana is absolutely the best mobile assistant and is extremely accurate at picking up your voice commands. Great screen size and the OS just gets better and better. Plus the ability to look at, edit and create documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint is awesome. In PowerPoint you also have the ability to view and edit your slides and notes from the phone and with the Icon the text is big enough that you can see it if your phone is on a podium. The camera is unbelievable. Great low light capabilities and takes much better photos than my wife's Galaxy S5. Very easy to learn how to use if you are new to the Windows mobile OS. My previous phone and first smartphone was an Android which was hard to get used to, especially with a horrible owners manual which didn't tell you how to use it and the tutorials on the phone wouldn't boot up from day one. The Window's OS is user friendly and extremely easy to use.

I ordered this phone for Christmas 2014, against the advice of nearly everyone. I was sure that the phone would live up to my needs and expectations of keeping me connected to my friends, family, and work. It has done that, and even more.Very smooth operation, great quality hardware, and a small but robust selection of useful apps that show there is potential to the platform. This list will grow when Verizon releases the Denim update sometime this year. While the camera gets alot of praise, I find it okay, but I'm no photographer.Battery life is about one day, never less. Just plug it in at night, or get a charging pad that Nokia sells. All in all, the phone lasts my entire workday of doing emails, texting and calls and still has some juice left over for a trip with the GPS or a few games. It hasn't been a problem yet, and I've already stressed it quite alot.My final suggestion, though, is this: go read up more detailed reviews of the Windows Phone system, and check that it does everything you want. If it seems like it does, it will, and this is one of the best feeling phones I've used in a long time.

Very disappointing. So, I have used Android phones for many years and this past January decided to give Windows Phone a chance. Well, first of all, when I started out using it, I thought, It's not THAT bad. Sure, there are a few apps here and there that aren't available but no big deal. Then I went to Chicago for a first time visit and not having the Uber app? Actually it was a big deal. (I actually had to send that phone back for a replacement because of a weird bluish spot in the screen.)7 months later my frustration came to a head and I switched back to Android. Here's the takeaway, IMHO, about Windows Phones, particularly the Nokia Icon...If you decide to use a Windows Phone get used to seeing these messages:Something went wrong.Sorry, cannot post to Facebook at this time.Wi-Fi unavailableYou exited the Facebook app so picture cannot be posted.Cannot load data at this time.Refreshing.Loading.And etc, etc. The biggest pro is that the camera on this phone is FANTASTIC. I mean, I will REALLY miss the quality of the photos this phone takes. But it's sad that a flagship phone can't even do something simple like posting directly to a friend's wall on Facebook. Or if the screen goes into sleep while you are waiting for the 5 minutes for it to upload a photo, the process will be canceled. Or the constant over-heating that happened with both of the phones. Or the incredibly bad wi-fi connection issues both phones had. Did I mention the battery? Bla....charge at work, home and on the road because that battery won't make it very far. I loved Nokia back in the pre-smart phone days and I guess I was hoping that allure of the brand would guarantee a great experience but unfortunately it hasn't.So, in comparison, I'm back on Android. Within the first few days of having my new Android phone I've noticed that when I go to share a photo to Facebook, I click "Share" and then choose Facebook and write whatever about the photo and press upload and....it's done. No, "loading" no "refreshing" no nothing. IT JUST WORKS. The connectivity to our wi-fi? Perfect and never drops it. All those apps, including Uber? Downloaded. Battery? Amazing! (of course that depends on what size battery your phone comes with but still.) And of course, there's the welcoming arms of Google. And frankly for someone who uses gmail it's really a no-brainer to have an Android phone because of all the integration with Google Drive, calendars, etc. Some things I have actually found in the market from Microsoft that I really liked, such as OneNote and OneDrive (which has all the awesome photos I took on the Icon). So I was glad to be able to port over a few Windows Phone features that I enjoyed.So here's the deal. For myself, I found that in the end there just isn't any reason big enough for an Android/Google user to switch to a Windows Phone. It wasn't a HORRIBLE phone by any stretch of the imagination, but it was certainly a frustrating platform that felt very buggy, lots of issues and frankly not worth the frustration for a "flagship" phone. I think for a first-time user a Windows Phone would be an ok one to start out with. But for most of us, there just aren't enough reasons to switch.I hope for the best for MicroSoft and I really miss the old days of Nokia. But looks like I'm gonna be in the Android camp (and very happily so) for the conceivable future.

This phone was a little more beat up than I thought it would be. The vibrate alert is broken. It still vibrates but the vibrate is weak and sick feeling. I am going to send it back for one in better condition. But the main problem I have is that I can NOT get the latest version of Windows 8 as a few people have told me I would be able to. I am coming from AT&T Windows phone and that phone has Windows 8.1 update 2. This phone just has Windows 8.1. The latest update came out over a year ago but still hasn't arrived at Verizon yet. It is very frustrating because many of my apps didn't cross over and I have to load them individually. The platform is still good and 8.1 is still good but not as awesome as the latest version. The only way to get the latest version of Windows is to sign up for some kind of beta test where Microsoft can dump all of there crappy untested software into your phone so it can be their test subject. If you get a used phone take in consideration that the battery won't last as long either.

Great device, horrible windows phones, ill never buy another windows phone, Microsoft clearly doesn't care about their mobile users, I bought this when windows 10 was coming out and they boasted cross device functionality, this was cool in theory but its nothing that isn't on an APP which they have NONE of, the app store is a joke for windows